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Blaenhonddan is a community (or civil parish) of the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, in south Wales. Before 1974 it was in the "historic" county of Glamorgan. Blaenhonddan was originally a township in the ancient parish of Cadoxton juxta Neath. The community comprises Aberdulais (see below), Bryncoch and part of Cadoxton juxta Neath. The population of the community taken at the 2011 UK census was 12,151. [edit] Aberdulais
Aberdulais is a village in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, lying on the River Neath. The village grew around the Aberdulais Falls, the site of successive industries and now a hydro-electric station. Aberdulais has been the heart of many businesses for a number of years. The first business there was a copper smelting industry; that failed because it received only sporadic copper delivered via boat from Cornwall. The site was then chosen again by an ironworks forge. This, too, failed, but not much is known, so nobody knows why. It was chosen twice to be the site for an ironworks. Between the works, Aberdulais was used as a corn watermill; that failed because it was too small scale, and the high price of corn at the time of the Corn Laws. It was then used as a tinplate site; that failed because tinplate was made redundant after the Bessemer Process. Most of the ward consists of woodland and farmland with a small residential area to the far south. Cilfrew is another settlement in this part of Blaenhonddan. [edit] Research Tips
[edit] MapsThe first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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